§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, further to his reply to the hon. Member for Great Grimsby of 20 December,Official Report, column 333, 566W concerning the accountancy firms employed by his Department, if he will indicate (a) the names of the five firms, (b) a list of payments made to each in 1988 and 1989, (c) details of the consultancy contracts given to each firm and (d) who his Department consulted when drawing up the contracts.
§ Mr. FreemanInformation about the five consultancy firms employed by the Department is set out in the tables for both financial years.
The individual contracts were prepared to accord with the specific requirements of the work undertaken, drawing as necessary on relevant expertise within the Department and in line with the guidance issued by Treasury on employment of external consultants.
Financial Year 1988–89 Accountancy Firm and Details of Contract Amount paid/contracted £ 1. Touche Ross (a) Statutory Audit of NHS 147,954.70 Touche Ross (b) Paymaster (Methods in NHS) 20,000.00 2. Ernst Young Statutory Audit of NHS 181,806.30 3. Coopers Lybrand Deloittes Statutory Audit of NHS 153,872.90 4. Price Waterhouse (a) Statutory Audit of NHS 148,329.43 Price Waterhouse (b) FMI policy and Financial Management Review of CCETSW1 60,000.00 5. Hodgson lmpey Statutory Audit of NHS 120,555.10 1 Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work.
Financial Year 1988–89 Accountancy Firm and Details of Contract Amount paid/contracted £ 1. Touche Ross Statutory Audit of NHS 301,011.52 2. Ernst Young Statutory Audit of NHS 204,413.49 3. Coopers Lybrand Deloittes (a) Statutory Audit of NHS 221,694.87 Coopers Lybrand Deloittes (b) Hospital Cost Arrangements, Procedures and Systems 40,000.00 4. Price Waterhouse Statutory Audit of NHS 187,488.29 5. Hodgson Impey Statutory Audit of NHS 135,663.45